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Degrees of freedom : the origins of civil rights in Minnesota, 1865-1912 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Green, William D. (William Davis), 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
Subjects:
African Americans > Civil rights > Minnesota > History.
Civil rights movements > Minnesota > History.
African Americans > Minnesota > History.
Minnesota > Race relations > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The barbers
  • When America came to St. Paul
  • Maurice Jernigan takes a stand
  • On becoming a good Republican
  • The sons of freedom
  • Part II. The entrepreneurs
  • Mr. Douglass and the civilizable characteristics of the colored race
  • Senate Bill No. 181
  • A certain class of citizens
  • Professor Washington, leader of the race
  • The renaissance of the cakewalk
  • Part III. The radicals
  • Wheaton and McGhee: a tale of two leaders
  • The election of J. Frank Wheaton
  • A call to action
  • A defining moment for McGhee
  • After St. Paul, Niagara
  • The legacy
  • Epilogue: time for a different tone of advocacy.